Shade for headlights



N. MCMILLAN.

SHADE FOR HEADLIGHTS.

APPLICATION FILED -o\ 10, 1920.

"1,3 1,4 2, Patented June 14 alien L013 WLQLM To all whom it may concern:

EEAL MCMILLAN, OF GGIDEN, UTAH.

SHADE FOR HEADLIGETS.

application filed November 10,

lie it. known that l, NEAL lilolllnlmn', a citizen of the United States, residing at Ogden, in the county of lVeber and State of Utah, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shades for Headlights, of which. the following is a specification.

This invention relates to what might be termed a shade for headlights such for instance are used on automobiles, boats and in other connections. lVhile the device is primarily intended for automobiles, it may be employed with equal advantage in other connections of'which at least one illustration has been given. I have a number of objects in View among them being the pro-' vision of means of a simple character, which is capable of inexpensive construction and which effectually prevents the glare of a headlight.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of the present specification, l have shown in detail two of the several forms of embodiment of the invention which to enable those skilled in the art to practice the same will be set forth fully in the following description. Obviously I am not restricted to this disclosure. I may depart therefrom in several ways withinthe scope of the in vention defined by the claim following said description.

Referring tosaid drawings:

Figure 1 is a cross sectional view automobile lamp equipped with shadp means involving the invention.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the shade shown in said Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a cross section of said shade looking toward the rear thereof.

Like characters refer to" like parts throughout the several views.

An automobile is generally equipped with two headlights. The glare from these is offensive especially to an oncoming driver and I provide a construction by which the etiiciency'of a lamp is in nowise alfected, but wherein the shade acts to eliminate the top glare of the lamp. The efliciency ,of the lamp so far as an aid to a driver, is in no wise affected-but the lamp will direct its rays downwardly onto the road. the upper rays being checker by the shade to avoid the effect of the lampwn the eyes of the oncoming motorist.

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1920. Serial No. assess.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings I have shown the casing 2 of a headlight furnished at its front with a lens or-glass 8 and containing the reflector 4; which after the usual fashion is concaved on its front. The rays are projected by a lamp or equivalent illuninant as 5, situated forward of the reflector land the socket 6 of which extends through a central opening in the reflector l. The lamp 5 shown is of electrical t pe but it is conceivable that one of a difi erent kind might be substituted therefor. The structure thus far described in fact is more or less common and of course in an automobile there would be two of the lamps with their necessary adjuncts. There might be cases where there would be but one.

The shade is denoted in a general way b 7. It is shown in detail in Figs. 2 and 3. t comprises the body or main portion 8 hav ing at its ends the depending flanges 9 and 10. The flange 9 extends downward and forward at an obtuse inclination to the body or main portion 8, practically at ri said body or main portion. he body 8 is of channeled form in cross section, its rounded side being upward and its dished side downward. The rear flange 10 is shown as having an opening 11' surrounded by the collar 12 which extends forwardly therefrom. Through this opening 11 the socket 6 is adapted to exas shown ing screw 13 tapped through it and adapted to engage the socket 6 to hold the shade 7 in proper position. The depending flange 9 really prevents the projection of rays from the incandescent lamp forwardly, it being intended to overlie the lamp as shown in Fig. 1. v

Obviously the shade may be made of any suitable material whether it be in the form shown or of some equivalent shape. It is conceivable of course that sheet metal need not always-be used because there are other substances which will answer. If metal be employed to form the screen, it may be painted, colored or plain. The invention as a matter of fact is not restricted to such particulars as these and a like nature.

What I claim is:

A shade for an automobile headlight, com concavo-convex body furnished at its rear end with an integral straight flange ht angles to having a bind-.

the rear flange 10 being extending from the concaved side thereof, sfihe flange having an opening and also having an integral eolhu' on the inner side thereof surrounding the opening and furnished with. e tapped hole, a screw in threaded engagement with the tapped hole, the opening and the collar being intended to receive the body shell of an incandescent NEAL MoMILLAN.

Witnesses M. E. RAWBON, A. P. Bmnnow. 

